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Vexiona
Vexiona - Ny'alotha, the Waking City
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Vexiona encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
Obsessively wielding the power that N'Zoth has granted her, Vexiona has amassed a cult of worshippers who covet the gifts of the Void. From high atop her temple within the Black Empire, she transforms her most devout followers into unstoppable horrors.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Ny'alotha, the Waking City, Vexiona comes 5th of 12, after Dark Inquisitor Xanesh and before Ka'zir.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Vexiona engages players on the ground while calling upon the Cult of the Void to assist her. Upon reaching 100 energy, she takes to the air and transforms one of her Cultists into a powerful Void Ascendant. She then assaults players with Twilight Decimator before returning to the ground. At 40% health, Vexiona unleashes the full extent of her power and must be defeated quickly before she overwhelms players with Void Corruption.
Tanks
- Void Ascendants drop Gift of the Void when defeated. Pick up and use it to remove Void Corruption.
- Face Twilight Breath and Annihilation away from other players.
- Despair inflicts damage to the raid based on your missing health when it expires.
Damage Dealers
- Void Ascendants drop Gift of the Void when defeated, allowing tanks to cleanse Void Corruption and use Annihilation on Cultists.
- Help your tanks by damaging Cultists and using crowd control.
- Move away from allies with Encroaching Shadows.
Healer
- Heal tanks affected by Despair to prevent heavy raid damage.
- Players who are targeted by Annihilation or have high stacks of Void Corruption require significant healing.
- Move away from allies with Encroaching Shadows.
Stage One: Cult of the Void
Encroaching Shadows
Shadowy Residue
On Mythic difficulty, damage from Shadowy Residue applies Void Corruption in all stages of the encounter.
Twilight Breath
Despair
Void Ascendant
At the beginning of the encounter, Vexiona is accompanied by a powerful Void Ascendant.
Dark Gateway
Fanatical Cultist
A common cultist with weak melee attacks.
Spellbound Ritualist
A spell-slinging cultist who prefers to assault players from afar.
Sinister Soulcarver
An elusive cultist who slips away to attack from unexpected angles.
Iron-Willed Enforcer
A mighty cultist who uses devastating physical attacks.
Stage Two: Death From Above
Upon reaching 100 energy, Vexiona takes off and assaults players from the air. After casting Twilight Decimator three times, she lands and resumes summoning Cultists.
Twilight Decimator
Encroaching Shadows
Shadowy Residue
On Mythic difficulty, damage from Shadowy Residue applies Void Corruption in all stages of the encounter.
Void Ascendant
As she takes to the skies, Vexiona empowers one of her Cultists to become a Void Ascendant.
Stage Three: The Void Unleashed
When Vexiona reaches 40% health, she stops summoning Cultists and unleashes the full extent of her power.
Shadow of Vexiona
Tapping into the Void creates a Shadow of Vexiona. The Shadow periodically casts Twilight Decimator for the remainder of the encounter.
Empowered Void Corruption
Encroaching Shadows
Twilight Breath
Terrifying Presence
Heart of Darkness
Desolation
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Vexiona, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Twilight Decimator
Shadow · Instant
Vexiona soars overhead, exhaling twilight flames in a line as she travels. Inflicts Shadow damage to players upon impact, plus Shadow damage every 0.5 sec while they remain in the area.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Vexiona encounter lists 7 items in the dungeon journal, item level 85. Equip slots covered: Chest, One-Hand, Feet, Head and Shoulder. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Breastplate of Twilight Decimation Chest (Plate), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 75g 18s for it.
- Darkheart Robe Chest (Leather), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 75g 14s for it.
- Gift of the Void One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 108g 99s for it.
- Greaves of the Twilight Drake Feet (Mail), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 59g 72s for it.
- Helm of Deep Despair Head (Mail), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 57g 14s for it.
- Void Ascendant's Mantle Shoulder (Cloth), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 59g 73s for it.
- Encrypted Ny'alothan Text Consumable, item level 50. Bind on Pickup. Use: Ny'alothan Void Ritual.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
4 achievements list a victory over Vexiona among their criteria.